Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh dear , do n't tell me to go to one of those dreary little do-gooding tea groups . |
| 2 | I moved to one side with Jamie helping me and went down on my hands and knees on a comparatively clean part of the concrete where the oil stains looked old . |
| 3 | And it just so happens that I mentioned to one of my doormen that particular night that I could do with one of those machines to keep a careful check on my blood pressure . |
| 4 | Um so erm I did have some I did have some references on this which erm unfortunately I I put to one side and I 've succeeded in losing so erm I did n't get the chance to put them on the handout but erm I 'm just alerting you to that area of debate and that area of enquiry . |
| 5 | Charlie , leading her down to the trash and making the introduction ( ‘ I know you ‘ ve made plans now , and I feel kind of responsible so I talked to one of the other girls . |
| 6 | From the crowds midst , I glanced to one side and saw with satisfaction that my sign was still there , hovering like script in the air over my leased patch . |
| 7 | As I did not have a woman companion , they tended to ignore me , but I called to one and bought a little bouquet to put in my hotel bedroom 's tooth-glass . |
| 8 | ‘ I talked to one of the Queen 's Men , ’ he told me . |
| 9 | To conclude the story I do n't know who pegged the match but afterwards I talked to one of the locals who told me they never peg the stretch where I was . |
| 10 | I took my early ones in black and white , but the later ones I took in colour and er I saw to one side of Orion what looked like the Plough . |
| 11 | ‘ Soon afterwards I went to one of those Sunday auditions where agents used to sign up turns . |
| 12 | I mean you you , I went to one one person 's house , and er you went in the door in the terrace there there was a room . |
| 13 | One Sunday , I went to one of the best planned and happiest birthday parties that I have ever been invited to . |
| 14 | But I went to a private school after that , I went to one run by a Mr , Mr E M . |
| 15 | It was a perfectly serious prophecy , for which I would have paid good money had I gone to one of the Haleiwa psychics . |
| 16 | I listened to one choral song from Southwark Cathedral , prayers were said for a family whose names would mean nothing to the vast majority of listeners . |
| 17 | I spoke to one of the medics , he informed me that the attack on the village just along the road was under way and already there were many casualties , particularly among 6 Commando , due to the heavy shelling from the Allied and German guns . |
| 18 | ‘ Then I spoke to one of my contacts and he said it was on the money . |
| 19 | I spoke to one of the trainers about my concerns and was told not to worry . |
| 20 | I move to one side so it 's just Marie on the telly , and watch her . |
| 21 | When I complained to one of the newspaper 's senior editors , he told me he had just rejected an article highly critical of me and ray position . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , Sir , ’ I said to one man , ‘ may I have your name , address and next of kin , please . ’ |
| 23 | I said to one of them that if I wanted to take advantage of them it would be then . |
| 24 | And er there r there are no real er gentry in Orkney you see , and you 'll always find that if anybody gets a a a Well as I said to one boy here , I said to him look here I said your old grandfather worked in that shop till his backside was hanging out his brigs . |
| 25 | I had to one night the fucking er babysitter was half gassed it 's honest , we opened the fucking , she 's |
| 26 | Alter that first crowded day I retired to one of those green-tiled sanctuaries and lathered myself with a new bar of a famous toilet soap which Helen had put in my bag . |
| 27 | Could I , could I turn to one of the major contributors of erm of pension fund surpluses er and that is the plight of the deferred pensioner . |
| 28 | Can I listen to one of them conversations ? |
| 29 | They made the driver help them , but I stood to one side stamping my feet to keep warm and watching the horizon with keen interest . |
| 30 | I jumped to one side , and the dagger went deep into my shoulder . |